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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 433691" data-attributes="member: 5079">Not a huge fan of musicals, myself.&nbsp; There are exceptions, of course.&nbsp; GENTLEMEN PREFERS&nbsp; BLONDES ranks very high among my favorites, and of course THE WIZARD OF OZ, even if some might not immediately think of it as a musical.&nbsp; Otherwise, I&#039;m a bit indifferent to the musicals of the 30s and 40s. I can enjoy the films of Astaire-Rogers, Garland, Kelly, Grable, etc., but they aren&#039;t films I make an effort to seek out.Starting in the mid-50s and continuing into the 70s, musicals took a weird turn.&nbsp; They became oddly bloated and stagey.&nbsp; Even the good musicals of the era -- THE KING AND I; MY FAIR LADY; WEST SIDE STORY -- are kind of stately with none of the verve of the 30s and 40s musicals.&nbsp; Many of them are downright plodding, and often built around a weirdly miscast, non-singing&nbsp; lead.Of a more modern vintage, I like CHICAGO and HAIRSPRAY but a lot of recent musicals seem to be the kind of bombastic Broadway showtune power ballads that make my skin crawl.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 433691, member: 5079"] Not a huge fan of musicals, myself. There are exceptions, of course. GENTLEMEN PREFERS BLONDES ranks very high among my favorites, and of course THE WIZARD OF OZ, even if some might not immediately think of it as a musical. Otherwise, I'm a bit indifferent to the musicals of the 30s and 40s. I can enjoy the films of Astaire-Rogers, Garland, Kelly, Grable, etc., but they aren't films I make an effort to seek out. Starting in the mid-50s and continuing into the 70s, musicals took a weird turn. They became oddly bloated and stagey. Even the good musicals of the era -- THE KING AND I; MY FAIR LADY; WEST SIDE STORY -- are kind of stately with none of the verve of the 30s and 40s musicals. Many of them are downright plodding, and often built around a weirdly miscast, non-singing lead. Of a more modern vintage, I like CHICAGO and HAIRSPRAY but a lot of recent musicals seem to be the kind of bombastic Broadway showtune power ballads that make my skin crawl. [/QUOTE]

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